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Image of cover of Riks Telefon Katalogen,  Malmö, 1937Most residential and general organizational telephone directories are not cataloged by the Library of Congress, even though the Library maintains a large collection of foreign and domestic directories. The uncataloged directories listed below reflect holdings as of December, 2003, although a few more recent volumes are in the Main Reading Room's reference collection. Additional directories may be identified in the Library's online catalog. All directories listed below are in Swedish only unless otherwise noted. Many of the directories are entitled Riks Telefon Katalogen, which means 'National Telephone Directory.' The arrangement is chronological, except for the last six entries, which are specialized directories.

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Malmö
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1937(v. 1)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Göteborg
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1937 (v. 2)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Jönköping-Karlskrona
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1937 (v. 3)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Linköping-Norrköping
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1937 (v. 4)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational:
Year: 1940 (v. 4)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Malmö
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (v. 1)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Jönköping-Karlskrona
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (v. 3)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Eskilstuna-Norr-Köping
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (v. 5)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Karlstad-Örebro
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (V. 6)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Falun-Gäule
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (V. 8)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Gotland
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1943 (v. 10)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: most cities
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1944 (vols. 1-9)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1945 (v. 4)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Gotland
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1945 (v. 10)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Malmö
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1946 (v. 1)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Göteborg
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1946 (v. 2)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1946 (v. 4, in 2 volumes)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1948 (v. 15)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1949 (v. 15, in 2 volumes)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1950 (v. 15, in 2 volumes)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1951 (v. 15, in 2 volumes)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Most of Sweden
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1952 (vols. 1-7, 10, 14, 15-19)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1953 (v. 15, in 3 volumes)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Göteborg
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1953 (v. 9)

Riks Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: All of Sweden, with 24 volumes for each year from 1954 to 1966.
Residential or Organizational: both
Years: For 1956 there are only 3 volumes, all for Stockholm. For the remaining years, from 1954-1966, the collection is complete.

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: All of Sweden, with 28 volumes each year starting in 1984.
Residential or Organizational: both
Years: For the years 1967-1969, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979-1980, 1983-1985, 1987, 1988, the collection is complete. For the years 1970-1972, 1974, 1978, 1981-1982, 1986, and 1989 the collection is fairly complete.

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1990

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Stockholm
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1992

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Göteborg Företag
Residential or Organizational: both Year: 1992

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Malmö
Residential or Organizational: both
Year: 1994

Telefon Katalogen
Coverage: Västerås
Residential or Organizational: both
Years: 1994, 1996, 1997

Yellow Pages and Other Specialized Directories

Gula Sidorna
Coverage: Yellow Pages
Years: 1983-1990, 1992, 1997-1998

Répertoire Ministère Royal Des Affaires Étrangères
Coverage: Telephone Listing for the Ministry of Foreign Affaires in Stockholm
Year: 1972

Röda Boken Telefonkalendar
Coverage: The Red Book (Government organizational listings and yellow pages for Stockholm)
Years: 1950, 1954, 1957, 1959-1960, 1962-1971, 1973

Stationsförteckning
Coverage: Telephone exchange and Telegraph station listing
Years: 1964, 1966 -1973. These volumes are in French and Swedish.

Taxikartan
Coverage: Maps and addresses of taxi service in Stockholm.
Year: 1964

Telegramadressförteckning
Coverage: Telegraphic Address listing
Year: 1970-1971

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